Exeter have signed Harlequins’ versatile Canada international Maddy Grant for the 2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 24-year-old, who moved to Quins in December, has won 23 caps for her country and featured at the last World Cup, playing in the semi-final loss to England. Grant, who can play in the backs or the forwards,...
A former Arkansas police chief convicted of rape and murder has been caught by authorities nearly two weeks after he escaped from prison. Grant Hardin was captured only 1.5 miles (2.5km) from the prison. He tried to run from officers, but was quickly tackled to the ground, a spokesperson for the Arkansas prison system said....
New Huddersfield Town manager Lee Grant has said his lack of experience will not be a barrier to being successful. The 42-year-old former Sheffield Wednesday, Burnley and Derby County goalkeeper was appointed as the League One side’s boss on a three-year deal on Wednesday. This is his first role in management after spending the past...
Grant takes over a Huddersfield side who finished 10th in League One this season after losing their final six matches under caretaker Jon Worthington. The academy coach was placed in charge of the team after Michael Duff was sacked at the start of March after 10 months. Grant is the club’s seventh different managerial appointment...
A Devon charity has been awarded a large grant to help protect and restore an ecologically important area of marshy grassland. The Shallowford Farm Trust on Dartmoor provides children from inner-city areas with the chance to experience life on East Shallowford Farm. The trust has secured a grant of £227,166 from the Heritage Lottery Fund...
Grant Stewart posted a brilliant hundred to inspire a notable Kent fightback on the opening day of the County Championship match against Gloucestershire at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol. Their backs firmly against the wall after being reduced to 137-6, the visitors were indebted to the seventh wicket pair of Stewart and Chris Benjamin,...
Devon and Cornwall Police have said they are aiming to halve knife crime after receiving £1m in funding for extra foot patrols in problem areas. The force said the scheme, which initially launched in May 2024, saw more than 26,000 hours of additional foot patrols across the two counties in its first year of operation....
A charity has been awarded funding from an impactful award from Global’s Make Some Noise. Active8 supports young people aged 14 to 30 living with disabilities in Cornwall and Devon. The charity said its work with young people helped them to develop skills, hobbies and a sense of community. The £54,000 funding from the award...
A Scottish tourist has died from his injuries after his holiday home was destroyed in a suspected gas explosion. Grant Paterson, from East Kilbride, was on a break in Rome when the B&B in the city’s Monteverde area collapsed on 23 March. The 54-year-old, who worked for ferry operator CalMac as a senior catering rating,...
Exeter’s Riverside leisure centre is set to benefit from energy efficiency measures, including replacing an end-of-life heating system with air source heat pumps and a water source heat pump. A grant of £3.6 million has been awarded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero as part of the governments Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme...
Hanley’s been doing it for a while now. Before Scotland’s double-header against Croatia and Portugal in mid-October, he had played two minutes of club football – against Derby in a 3-2 defeat – in the previous six weeks. He played 90 against Croatia in a 2-1 loss and another 90 against Portugal in 0-0 draw....
In its written reasons for the sanction, the CDC said: “It was alleged that, on a number of occasions (including during the pre-season of 2024 in the changing room at Sophia Gardens) Mr Bradburn asked players of Asian background what their ‘real age’ is and responded to their answer by saying ‘is that your CricInfo...
Grant Gilchrist has backed Gregor Townsend to remain as Scotland head coach despite the national team again failing to mount a meaningful Six Nations title challenge. Defeat by France in Paris confined the Scots to fourth place, the sixth time in Townsend’s eight-year spell they have finished in the bottom half of the table. It...